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The intercept is the latest incident involving NATO and Russian aircraft flying near Russia's maritime borders, with similar occurrences taking place regularly from the Barents and Baltic seas in the north and west to the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia's Far East.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet has been scrambled to intercept a US Air Force surveillance aircraft flying over the Black Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry announced.
The US aircraft involved was said to be a Boeing RC-135 spy plane, with the Su-27 scrambled after ground-based radars had detected it as it approached the Russian maritime border.
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Update #1: Russian Su-27 jet scrambles to intercept US spy plane over Black Sea (TASS)
Update #2: Russia scrambles fighter jet to escort U.S. spy plane over Black Sea: RIA (Reuters)
WNU Editor: With Russia chasing out a US spy plane over the Black Sea, the UK scrambles jets to intercept two Russian Tu-142 .... UK's Typhoon Jets Scrambled to Intercept Two Russian Tu-142 Over North Sea, RAF Says (Sputnik).